VANCOUVER!

I'm too excited to hold back the news. Tara and I got a job in Texas starting December 15th!!! And even better, she has family down there that we can torment! Tara's cousin Danny and his wife Jana are about 20 miles from the hospital that we will be working at in Denton, TX. Tara is bouncing off the walls to see them again and I can't wait to meet them!

But first, here's a little about Canada eh...

We left for Vancouver on Friday (11/7) not realizing that no one in Canada knows how to drive. A 2.5 hour drive turned into 4 hours so we didn't get there until late. We arrived at our pent house (see below) ... ok room 707 on Friday.

Our new pad! Check out the green and gold carpeting!

Not quite the honeymoon suite but it'll do ;-) Still lovin' the green n' gold! ...and the mini bar

In going through the cupboards of our mini-bar there was this big closet. This is what we found amongst it:

-A kama sutra kit

-Massage oil

-Lingerie

At this point, Tara looks at me and shreaks, "What kinda place did you take me to!?" I seriously couldn't stop laughing! What do Canadians do after all? I'm not sure it's normal to sell such items in hotels, or maybe I don't get out enough. But either way, I'm definitely double checking my receipt from the mini bar to see if Ms. Denucci took souvigniers!

After swimming (See previous blog) we went out to this Irish Pub and met a few "mates" who got us VIP in the hottest club in Vancouver!
Tara found a Joey look-a-like from friends!

The next day we had a sluggish start because the weather wasn't great and then went out down by the ocean. In this photo Tara and the ducks are playing a game called "Who farted?"

Our bikes! We did many kilometers on these suckers!

We took this photo for Dawn knowing she would scream, "Tara Rae, get down from there!"

We biked all along the Seawalk which is the longest sidewalk in the world I think? Or maybe the country?? Not sure, but lots of little historic things along the way. I didn't know what this was so I made Tara pose...it's a grave...woops.

I look super-imposed on the photo

Peace I'm outta here. I'm lucky I didn't fall, I have no balance!

But this talented woman can do it no-hands!! I tried to learn for about 5 minutes... I don't know how she does it but I was impressed!

Of course we went out again that night to a pub and had a good ol' time once again meeting a group from overseas. However, I forgot my camera (shocker) and Tara's died. No proof of the evening!

Canada is a good time...we highly recommend Vancouver!! But just a warning...it takes 2 hours to get through the border patrol. We were so happy to see this:

Look out Wisconsin, Tara and I are heading back on Wednesday! No really...look out Tara will be driving! Can't wait to see all of our family and friends!!